The Vikings.com 2018 Free Agency Primer series uses NFL.com’s Top 101 Free Agents list to break down this year’s class. We will count down the groups of players until March 14 when free agency is scheduled to open.

The list was composed by Gregg Rosenthal and Chris Wesseling of NFL.com. Career stats are taken from NFL.com and/or pro-football-reference.com and apply to regular seasons, unless noted.

Note: The list may end up changing prior to free agency opening, but this breakdown is updated as of March 5.

The group of 10 players includes two defensive linemen, two linebackers and three safeties, including familiar Vikings foe Morgan Burnett. The veteran has started all 102 of 102 games played for the Packers and has been a force in Green Bay’s secondary since he was drafted in 2010.

The other two safeties, San Francisco’s Eric Reid and New Orleans’ Kenny Vaccaro, also are NFC veterans who are scheduled to become free agents.

After seven seasons with the Jets, Wilkerson is set to become a free agent. In 2017, the defensive end recorded 46 tackles (26 solo) and 3.5 sacks. Wilkerson has missed only seven games thus far in his career.

Hyde has spent the past four seasons with the 49ers, for whom he came close to 1,000 rushing yards in 2016 and 2017. Last season, the former Ohio State standout recorded a career-high 240 carries for 938 yards and eight touchdowns, which topped his previous season high of six scores. Hyde also recorded the most receiving yards of his career with 350 on 59 catches.

After five seasons in New Orleans and another three in Seattle, Graham is again slated to be a free agent. The five-time Pro Bowler and 2013 All-Pro showed in 2017 he can still be quite effective – Graham recorded 10 receiving touchdowns, tying for the third-highest total of his career and most in any of three seasons with the Seahawks.

Vaccaro has spent his entire career with the Saints, who drafted him 15th overall in 2013. In 2017, the safety missed four games due to groin and wrist injuries but still snagged a career-high three interceptions and added 1.5 sacks and seven passes defensed.

After five seasons with the 49ers, Reid is due to test the waters of free agency. The former first-round draft pick totaled 66 tackles, two interceptions and four passes defensed during his 2017 campaign, but Reid has missed nine games due to injury in the past two seasons.

Bradham started his career with the Bills (2012-15) before spending the past two seasons in Philadelphia. He had a strong year for the Super Bowl-champion Eagles in 2017, recording 88 tackles (61 solo), a sack, eight passes defensed, a forced fumble and a fumble returned for a touchdown.

Williamson played – and started – all 32 games of the past two seasons in Tennessee. The 2017 season marked his fourth in the NFL, and he recorded 92 tackles (52 solo) along with two passes defensed and a pair of forced fumbles.

Burnett has spent his entire career with the Packers since being selected by Green Bay in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He’s a familiar face for the Vikings, who have faced Burnett 14 times, including one playoff game, in the past eight seasons. The veteran safety missed four games in 2017 but still recorded 68 tackles (48 solo), three passes defensed and a forced fumble.

After starting his career with two seasons in Philadelphia, Lewis has played the past three seasons with the Patriots and been an option both as a rusher and as a receiver out of the backfield. In 2017, Lewis played all 16 games for the first time in his career. He ran for 896 yards on 180 carries, recording six rushing touchdowns, and added 32 catches for 214 yards and a career-high three receiving touchdowns.

Lotulelei is slated to enter free agency after spending five seasons with the Panthers, during which missed only four games. The defensive tackle doesn’t make many splash plays but has been a major reason the Panthers have ranked in the top six in rush yards allowed in four of the past five seasons.